# Big Red Soda - Last seen in...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [August 29, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254 "2015-08-29T06:12:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254/41 "2015-09-02T06:59:36Z")

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Urgent News Flash!

As suspected, Wal-Mart LIED about ‘in stock’ at the store I stopped by today.  
Not on Soda aisle, not on ‘Tea and other non-carbonated flavored water’ aisle, and not on the water aisle.

They did, however, have Red Vines.

For those who find it ‘mediciney’: have you tried Red Vines? (Note: this is **NOT** the abomination that is Twizzler (or however they spell that obscene ‘looks and feels like vinyl’ stuff).

If you don’t like one, I suspect you will not like the other.

But thank you for showing a bit of support for _The Cause!_.

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**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254/42 "2015-09-07T03:14:22Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> Big Red was recently introduced into Pennsylvania in large numbers. I can have a bottle in my hand 5 minutes from now. And at 99 cents (for either the 2-liter or the 20-ounce, figure that out) it’s still the cheapest soda in the store. I haven’t seen Big Blue in about a year, they used to have it at one of the local truck stops (of which there are many nearby).

Funny just Friday night I seen it at the Walmart in State College for the first time. My son and I even debated trying some but didn’t. Guess I’ll have to pick up some the next time I’m there

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254/43 "2015-09-07T03:18:55Z")

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Went shopping yesterday at Wal-Mart in Tucson. I saw Big Red in 2-liters and 12-packs. There’s even a zero-calorie Big Red.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-red-soda-last-seen-in/729254/44 "2015-09-08T04:51:09Z")

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The last Wal-Mart to carry it also teased me with the Big Red Zero - just before dropping all mention and removing the shelf labels.

Will eventually become accustomed to the Mtn Dew ‘Code Red’ crap (I have to avoid dark-colored sodas - they use phosphoric acid for tartness, others use citric acid.  
Phosphorus is very bad on kidneys, and I have kidney failure.  
Lemon-lime gets old real fast, and lemonade even faster.

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